Improvement in chairs



dini-ted mes LEON LINDQUEST, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

-Letters Patent No. 92,620, dated July 13, 1869,

IMPROVEMENT IN CHAIRS.

The Schedule yl'erred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

vTo all whom it may concern -Be it known that I, LEON LINDQUEST, of the City of Pittsburg, county of Allegheny, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a Portable and Adjustable Stationary and Rocking-Chair combined; and I do hereby declare the following to be an exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, and to the letters of referencemarked thereon, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 represents a perspective view of they sta# tional-y revolving and rocking-chair combined.

Figure 2 shows the screw, washer, and circular catch, by which the chair is revolved and held stationary.

Figure 3 shows the circular catch, top view.

Figure 4 shows the shape of the spriugastenings on the ends of the legs, and how they are detached from the rocker, by drawing them upwards by a cord.l

lhe nature ot' my invention consists in the construction of the revolving and stationary chair, combined with a rocking-chair, and arranged with adjustable or falling backs, operating on hinges, and a writing-table at the one side, all of which are easily separated, so as tobe a portable chair.

A and B represent the hinged and adjustable backs, so a-s to be dropped down behind, when required, (as shown at 13.)

C are the sides of the chair, formed of curved strips, that support the seat D, by a mortise and tenon, and extend down to the rockers J, fitted and bolted across each other, (as shown at E,) so as'to form the legs or strong supports for the chair.

F is the screw upon which the chair is revolved.

(Jr is a washer.

H a" circdilar notched plate, that holds the chair in its'positio when the chair is revolved half around, so as to bc changed from a stationary to a rockingchair.

K are metallic plates on the top edge ofthe rockers J, that assist in holding the chair fast to the rockers,

by means of the springs L L, attached to the ends of4 the legs E.

M is a writing-tablc, that is intended to write upon, resta book upon'wheu reading, or as a rest for the feet; the lower part, N, being constructed in divisions,- sliding into each other, so that the table M (that is hinged to the lower slides N) can be folded up against the side O,and out of' the way, when not intended for use.

P is a bolt,'upon which the slides N rest, and' It, ahook and eye that holds the table M to the arm of the chair.

S S S are hinges,that -supportthe backs A andB, and allow the backs to fall back, byturning the thumbscrews/11 U vis a cross-piece, that supports the screw Fand circular notched plate H, the notch beariugagainst aprojecting pin,V that is inserted on the under side of the cross-piece U, so that the chair is held in .its p osition, and prevented from turning any further.

'lhe spring L is fastened to the front end of each leg' E, and as the scat is changed to either side, as a stationary chair or a rocking-chair, the spring tits into the round part of the plate K, and whenever the chair is to be changed, the cords W, that are Aattached to the upper sides ofthe springs L, are drawnupward, and the legs E are freed from the plates K.

The plates K are attached tothe top sides of the rockers J, and to two cross-pieces, extending across between the rockers.

This chair is not only reversible, and changeable from a stationary chair to a rockin g-chair, and its backs and writing-table adjustableso as to conform vto: eitherkind of a chair, but-it is made so as to be easily taken apart, placed into a small space,1and'more easily transported than other rockingchairs,by unhinging the backs, unhooking the writing-table, drawing the bolts that fasten the sides 'C to the seat D, and the bolt at E; also by unscrewing' the upper and lower cross-pieces UU. All the parts are then laid together as a portablechair, occupying less than one-third the space of an ordinary chair, and less danger of being broken by transportation.

What Iclaim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

Thecombination of the chair and rocking-chair, when v arranged with the adjustable backs A and B, writingtable M, springs L, on the legs'E, and revolving seat D, all portable, as herein described, and for the pur-- poses set forth.

lVitnesses: LEON LIN DQUEST.

EDM. F. BROWN,

J. FRANKLIN REIGART. 

